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US 2026/0276435 A1Published application
Vehicular load sensing system and method using tilt sensors
AssigneeSmartWitness USA, LLC
InventorsRobert Zwijze, Gerard Klaasse, Corbin J. Los, Sietse Hendriks, Dennis Kamphuis
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Abstract
A system and method calculates a vehicle load on a suspension system of a vehicle using a plurality of tilt angle sensors. The angle sensors are attached to the suspension system and configured to measure an angle with respect to gravity. A first angle sensor is configured to measure a first angle. A second sensor configured to measure a second angle. The measured first and second angles are combined to obtain a combined value representative of a vehicle load adjusted for tilt.
Claims3
An apparatus for measuring a vehicle load, comprising:
- a first angle sensor configured to be attached at a central portion of a sway bar;
- a second angle sensor configured to be attached to a component of a vehicle selected from the group consisting of an axle, a vehicle chassis, and a leaf spring;
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- a processor that is configured to execute machine-readable instructions stored in a persistent storage medium to cause the processor to calculate a measured vehicle load that is adjusted for tilt;
- wherein the measured vehicle load is calculated based at least in part on:
- a first load value that is calculated based at least in part on a value of a first angle measured by the first angle sensor, and
- a second load value that is calculated based at least in part on a value of a second angle measured by the second angle sensor.
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